Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Mississippi instead of Ecuador, you would:
Health
be 44.8% more likely to be obese
In Ecuador, 28.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Mississippi, that number is 41.9% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 14.0% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Ecuador, 21.4% live below the poverty line as of 2025. In Mississippi, however, that number is 18.4% as of 2023.
make 5.9 times more money
Ecuador has a GDP per capita of $7,125 as of 2025, while in Mississippi, the GDP per capita is $41,778 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
